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SHIRT COLLAR I Filed Aug. 15 1.927

Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

UNITE NICO LAE ANTONU, OF GALATZ, RUMANIA.

SHIRT COLLAR.

Application filed August 15, 1927, Serial No. 213,084, and in RumaniaOctober 29, 1926.

This invention relates to a shirt collar which is intended to be worn,for instance in the form of a stand-up collar under uniforms, and aclosing memb r for the same.

While the ordinary stand-up collar for uniforms mustbe closed by meansof a stud, which has the disadvantage that it is pressed by the pressureof the uniform collar lying above it against the neck of the wearer andconstricts it, or bymeans of tying tapes, the use of which isinconvenient, the collar with closure according to the present inventionhas certain advantages, one of which is, for instance, that it may beused for all sizes'of necks. The closing member is in no way inconvenient, and has no constricting action, on the contrary, it ispossible for instance in hot weather, to alter the size of the collar atwill, that is, to loosen it. In addition to this, if the collar is madesufficiently long, it may at the same time be converted into a light andsimple neck-tie, which is very convenient, because the collar with thetie can be very quickly fastened. A further advantage is that both thecollar and the closing member can be made very cheaply.

In the accompanying drawing, the collar with various constructionalexamples of the closing member is shown.

Figs. 1 and 2 showing one constructional form of the closing member, intwo views,

Figs. 3 and 4: another constructional form of the closing member in twoviews, and

Figs. 5 and 6 a further constructional form of the closing member in twoviews.

Figs. 7, 8 and 9 show three ways of using the closing member forfastening collars.

Fig. 10 shows the closing member used in connection with collar andcravat or necktie, and

Fig. 11 the closing member for tying the neck-tie.

The member A shown in Figs. 1 and 2 which is made of a fiat metal orcelluloid strip consists of a strip 1, with a flat slot 2, the length ofwhich is the same as the width of the collar and the width of which isabout double the thickness of the collar. One end of the strip is forkedand is bent in such a manner that the two ends of the fork, each ofwhich is provided with a small ball or the like, 4 extend approximatelyparallel to the strip 1, and stand away from the strip by about a singlethickness of'the collar.-

The closing member 1, according to Figs. 3 and 4 differs from that shownin Figs. 1 and 2 in this, that the slot 2 between the forked ends isopen. The closing member according to Figs. 5 and 6 is bent from a pieceof wire, so that, between the two symmetrical approximately parallellimbs 1 and 1, a slot 2 is formed at the top of which is a widened bentover gently and the wire is at this part flattened out gradually towardsthe end so he end portions, 7 and as not to be in the way when bendingthe neck, while the other end is bent .over in the same direction as thebend at 2 and for the same purpose, together with the transverse pieces5, 5 such that, the parts 6, 6 and 7, 7

are off-set with respect to the limbs 1 and 1 be fixed by means of astud through the studhole 9 at the back to the neck-band of the shirt,after beingplaced round the neck, is drawn together .in such ,amannerthat it is not too tight round the neck, whereupon a closing member, inthis case preferably that shown in Figs. 5 and 6, is slipped with thehook end downwards and with its slot 2 over the bent-over ends of thecollar which-are held by the end, such that the opening 2? will restover the seam of the upper edge of the collar. The collar is thus fixedand,-by tightening or loosening the free ends of the collar 8, 8 can beadjusted to rest more tightly or loosely against the neck. Thereupon thecollar ends are bent over, as shown in Fig. 8, are slipped in under theends of the hooked-ends 5, 6, 7, or 5, 6 7 of the fastening member andare pull-ed out straight, whereby the collar is caused to fit firmly.The collar may be worn in this manner, as the ends 8, 8 are pressed downby the uniform collar, but the appearance will be improved by the collarends being turned over by about as shown in Fig. 9, under the fasteningmember, in which posi- .0 0 rd 2 S 3 sen" be case with in AF. ANT

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